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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08
FAILED.
For the Gazette,

For the Gazette.
Well! 1t isn't wonderful story,
This yarn of an every day life;
1t has nothing to tell you of glory,
It's common pls Ce story of strife.
It's story of hope most deiusive,
And the gall the deiusiOn entailed,
And the summary's plain and conclusive
failed, str-miserablY failed.
came into life as a failure,
Unwanted, unwelcomed and weak;
l tried my first scream as protest,
But 1t died in a ricketty squeak.
They pette1 me, spoiled me and spanked me
They handled me, shook me and rallied;
To make me good tempered they tWanked me,
But IL failed, sir miserably failed.
/ toiled through the horrors of teething,
Ichoked in the collie and cough,
I wriggled and catched in my breaFhing
Till they thought would surely pop off.
Yet every Ill proved deceiVer,
Though the humps and the measles assailed
tried hard to die of fever
But failed, sir-miserably failed,
I struggled through life for position,
But somehow 1t ended in smoke;
To better my social condition
l went into business and "broke."
l studied the sciences closely
All their facts and phenomena "nailed;'
Then tried to apply it to pr fit,
But failed, sir mtserdbly failed.
Then 1 studied the business of stumping,
And struck for the platform and fame;
But, excepting much rantipg and humping,
My platform effect was but tame;
I tried defamation and pathOs,
Or Liberty tnundered ard walled,
But it siCkened and smouldered IN bathoS;
failed, sir-miserably failed.
Then rushed to my doom as an author,
And strove for the evergreen crown;
| was battered, applauded aad cheated,
l collided, collapsed am went down
Went down with the tide of the helpless,
Where the better and greater have sailed;
And know 1t, see it, l say 1t,
I've failed, sir-miseraOly failed.
-[SAMUEL W. GOLDBERG.
Dallas, Tex, May i, 1887.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08

that 1t antagonizes Democratic princi-
pies and policy, which we deny:
| Jefferson, the father of states right
Democracy, in his message used the fol-
lowing language: "We recommend to
the several state legislatures Immediately
to pass laws putting sn immediate stop to
the pernicious practice of dIstilling, by
which the most extensive evils are likely
to be derived If not quickly prevented"
2. A Democratic Congress during Jack
sons administration passed q law prOhi5-
ing the Introduction and sale of intoxi-
eating liquors in the United States terri
tories.
8. The issuing of liquor rations to the
army snd navy was prohibited by law by
a Democratic administration. This is the
regulation law now in force.
4. A Democratic Supreme court has re-
peatedly decided that states have right
to prohibit the liquor traffic within their
borders.
5. A Democratic administration pro-
hibited the importation, sale or exchange
of Intoxicating liquors into the Indian
Territory, and what is good for the In
dians under a Democratic government
will be equally beneficial to Texas under
a $50, Democratic majority.
6. Many of the strongest Democratic
states-and among them Georgia and
Texas-have q local opUion law that was
passed by Democratic Legislature, that
is as stringent in prohibition as the
amendment to the constitution to be
voted on in August, only the law being
local, is more difficult to enforce.
If we were called upon to make out and
sustain the charge that the Democratic
party was emphatically a prohibition
party, we could make out a case that
would be accepted before "any court Of
competent Jurisdiction" And yet we
are told that prohibition is undemocratic
in principle and policy, and is an importa-
tion from the north, designed to disrupt
the party and break up the solid south.
The grand old party, based upon the
eternal principles OF right and justice,
"the greatest good to the greateat num-
ber," has made splendid record and
will not be wanting next August in fealty
to the party or the strict adherence to
thsprinciples on which it is based
Marshall Messenger
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08
INTERSTATE COMMISSION.
What Judge SchoOnmaksr Says of Thei
Trip to the South.

What Judge SchoOnmaker Says of Their
Trip to the South.
PITTsBURG, Pa, May Judge Au-
gustus Shoemaker of the Interstate
commerce commission was in the city
this morning en- route to his home in
New York. Judge Schoonmaker stated
that the commission had concluded it's
work in the south last Thursday while
in Memphis. The commission has taken
700 pages of testimony, embracing all
the southern roads. The prepOnderance
of this testimony, he said, ia
vors the continuation of the sus-
pension of the short haul clause
The members of the commission have all
gone to their homes, but will meet again
in Washington on the 10th inst. Judge
Schoonmaker said that the complaints of
the Pacific coast people were not well
founded, that fruits could be shipped TO
the east at rates as advantageous as before
the before the Interstate commerce bill.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08
TROUBLE WITH INDIANS.
One ReIskin Ia Killed and the Whole Band |
Kiss Up in Arms.

One Redskin Ia Killed and the Whole Band
Kiss Up in Arms.
GALLUP, N. M, May AT Defiance
Station, seven miles west of here, a dispute
arose in store between &. 7. Allen,
clerk, and Navajo Indian. The latter
sprang over to grasp Aliens pistol, when
Allen shot the Indian dead. Mr.. Borland,
owner OF the store, and his wife started
for Gallup at once on horseback, but had
not gone far when they were surrounded
by the Indians armed with rifles and pis-
tolls, who accused Borland of killing the
Indian and threatened to kill him and his
wife on the spot. The Indians were
wild with excitement, but Mr.. Borland
succeeded in quoting them by giving up
his weapons, saying ne had nothing to do
with the killing. Finally he and his wife
were permitted to continue their Journey
to Gallup. In the meantime Allen and an
old man named Hans barricaded the upper
story of the building to defend themselves
from an attack. The Indians broke
into the store and rifed 1t of everything
valuable. An hour after the shooting a
freight train on the Atlantic and Pacific
road passed, and Hans and Allen ran for
it under heavy fire from the Indians. AL
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08
a Race for Liberty.
Special to the Gazette.

Cp6Cldl W lIlc 0dLCbLGI
WEATHERFoRD, Tex, May 7.-Abouf
four weeks ago Deputy Sheriff Taylor ar
rested A. D. Stultz, charged with thsfE
of horse in this county. To-day JalEqF
Cleveland took the prisoner to the las
tice Of the peace's office for preliminary
trial, and at noon, while he was return
ing with the prisoner to jail and just as
he reached the door of the jail, Stultz
made g break for liberty, with Mr.. Cleve-
land in pursuit. When they had run
about thirty yards Mr.. Cleveland fred
one shot st the prisoner, though not with
the intention of hurting him, merely to
scare him. This, however, failed to work,
and the prisoner ran for dear life fer
about two blocks, and undertook to ,Iass
Mr.. NJ. j. Scroggin, who csughsafim,
when Mr.. Cleveland halloed to hiHFto do
so. Stultz was brought back and#placed.
safely in lsil, and he will be watches
closerin tbs future when he is outsideEf
the bars.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08

len made the train and came to Gallup.
Hans missed the train, but also came to
Gallup ia detachment of cavalry from Fort
Wingate has gone to Defiance, which will
have wholesome effect on the Indians,
and probably prevent further bloodshed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08
A VOLCANO IN MEXICO.
10 Fire and Smoke Can be Seen from
the Sonora Railway

The Fire and Smoke Can be Seen from
the Sonora Railway.
NOGALEs, A. T., May PARTIES from
Sonora report that volcano broke out
three days ago thirtY-five miles south of
Magdalena and, is throwing out great
volcanoes of smoke and lava. From the
position of the fire, which is distinctly
seen from several stations on the Sonora
Railroad, it is supposed to be in the
Sierra Azul mountains. The reported
volcano in the Milestone mountains is
8 timber fire. A party will leave here to-
morrow to visit the volcano. Another
earthquake shock was felt here last mint,
but no damage was done. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08
Center,
Correspondence of the Gazette.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
CENTER, Tex, May 5.-Mrs. Julia
Phiped Truitt, widow of Rev. James M.
Truitt, VINO was assassinated in the pres
ence of his family in Timpson, on the
Goth of July last, by an unknown man,
supposed to be Bill Mitchell, formerly of
Hood county, notorious outlaw, was
married to George F. Bishop, foreman of
the Timpson Times, of which Mrs. Fruit
was the editress and proprietress, on the
29th nit.
Our sheriff, who is ex-offlciO tax col
lector, is astonishing the gentlemen who
usually heretofore have not contributed
anything to the support Of the govern
ment by demanding payment Of sll dues,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08

Life. is burdensome, alike to the sufferer
and al around him,.While dyspepsia and
It's aAtending evils holds s&gay. Com
EAst5ts of.sshis nsturg can S speedily
EcuEed BY King RMskiy Ash 1BisseTs, rEgu-
'laay - Fffoa ssnds nhce this afflicted now
bsSt Cheerful testimony ss to it's merits.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08

Boys hats for so worth 100
Boys hats for .25 worth so
CENTS FURNISHING GOODS.
Mems white shirts for 81 worth 81;
mems white shirts for 75c worth 81 80;
mems colered shirts for 81 worth So;
mems cOlored shirts for 75c worth S1.25;
mems colored shirts for SOC worth 81 90 :;
boys white shirts for SOC worth 81 90;
boys coIOred shirts for 4Oc worth 75c.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Mems kip boots for 50 worth 81; mems
kip boots for 81 50 worth IS; mems calf
boots for $3.50 worth $3.50.
Bg Mems fine shoes in all styles selling
for 81 worth $3.50; selling for 50 80
worth S.; selling for ST. so worth $3.50
SPECIAL BARGAINS.
Table damask for SOC, worth 100; ia
BILE Napkins SOC per dozen, worth 81 90:
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08

TaIrAman, SIS z1o fins n, has risen by the
use ot,Botapic Glood Balm %. 3; B. to his
shoFf sazf his homeless forehead will be fully
hesf8E4t ne viii stand monument of hu
manittksFsed from the verge Of death. Few
gersons eFtT recover from such a low state, be-
tn- on a dtissg bed from that fell destroyer,
b8pol pois6kswith tn, bones Of his forehead
roz5sd and Ian out 2IX3 inches by the doc
to1sfand giv@B.eut 10 die. From skin and bones
yTranked by bldpn poison, to health and sound
Heshs Is the work of p. 3. B.
Not many such desperate cases may be found,
buI when they are they should not despair OF
recovery, as 3. B. g viii cure them.
When this medicine can cure such extreme
cases, is Il not reasonable that il will cure all
eases of blood poison of less violence, as II mas
done in thousands of instances;
The Mayor and doctors of OOnOver will
verify the awful condition from which Mr.
Hoffman was raised, Is. b 20. 8
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08

- HICKORY, \. g.
I'D soa tszday halfsa dozen photographs
ole. q, s34ffmsn of Conofer, \. c., and must
saw mat sasr nEs9icire Pas done wonders for
Nj IOffniSa1 1t saa6as Ike raising the dead 10
lie: he loaB sssst and hea9ty LOW, and they tell
ne wheB8s &c ommenced your medicine
ne was nothing mi skin and bones The sore
an his breBst Is hea4ed over, and you can see
he one onkGe forei6ad Is healing up from the
ion. ! EyisE II had been so that I could have
taken &c vixen he was az his Wo, st, but could
not leave rs$ Office and he lives some distance
ron he5a1 E5ours respectfully,
-. 4. MCINTOSH.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08

Headache is a eeEtnon complaint. It
is generally caused b1ss deranged stom-
sch or disorderFd liVes Morris Casca-
rine is the rernEdY for thes3ills.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08
PROHIBITION.
What tie Newspapers OF the Stste Say
o! she Contest in Texas Over
Alcohol and Malt.
Arguments Pro and Arguments Con Which
Are Favored With the Usual Jour
naIIstic Condiments.

Gus Tnrner, N his little speech before
the antT<prohibition convention last Sat-
urdayl5said ne should oppose the prohibi-
ton amendment because it was too radi-
cal Because it placed the still-house and
thsHfneyard on the same footing. This
aEgdment will be freely used, and the
poor oppressed grapegrower will be held
up for sympathy on all sides. But one
fact can be noticed aIweys-it isn't the
vineyard but the still-hOuse that
is kicking at the proposed law.
If there was no opposition to the
amendment except that made bv
the grape growers, the amendment would
have a walk over. The cry about our
great grape industry IS only to work up
sympathy by which the stillhouse may
benefit. If the grape is entitled to ex-
emption, the peach, apple and other
brandy making fruits would be also. And
then corn and rye could not be Kept out.
The wine-making industry of Texas is not
great at present, and the state will not
suffer much if it is strangled in good
cause Sherman Courier.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08

Angostura Bittetaare the best remedy
for removing indigAsaion and all diseases
originating ffoA tie digestive organs.
Beware OF coTnterfeits Ask your grocer
or druggist fefthe genuine article, manu-
featured by DR.. j. G. B. 5Sfegert & Sons.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08


The Banner has held that prohibition
was un-Democratic and that it is pOliti
cal movement; the Dallas convention has
done nothing to change this opinion. a
majority of the members of the COnven-
ton were Democrats pure and undefled;
they are Democrats as long as they live
and the party has an existence. Demo
crazy and personal liberty are one and
indivisible. If the party, by its
representatives, is satisfied to say
that the Democracy clears it's skirts
of the issue as political issue
and can see it's way clear the Banner
certainly has no objections to in
terpose. a platform was adopt
ed, which in due time will be
reprinted in this paper. An executive
committee composed Of two members
from each senatorial district was ap
pointed, and, as an earnest of good faith
that the convention was nOn-political,
fair number of the committee men are
Republicans in good standing in their
several communities. It may, perhaps,
be well to remark in this connection and
in view of the late Investigations in this
county touching the matter of the cleo
ton in November last, that mans poll
tics cuts no figure in affairs in which the
citizens at large are cOncerned.-[B ren-
ham Banner.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08

linen towels 25c per pair, worth soc; Ia
dies corsets 75c, worth $3.50; ladies CO.
sets SOC, worth S1.0O; ladies' corsets 35c,
worth 75c.
LADIES' SHOES.
Ladies' kid button for $500 worth S6.ss
Ladies' kid button for 800 worth see
Ladies' kid button for I5O worth 2.5a
Misses kid button for $50 worth 2.59
Misses kid button for 90 worth l.75
Children's kid button for rs worth 1.5e
Be2g@ Best Unlsundried Shirts with re-
intorced fronts for 75c, worth $1.25.
rs Trunks and Valises at Excursion
rates.
E1. Large line ladies' Toe Slippers at
SOC, worth $1.00.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08

The soIicitude of the Anheuser-Busch
beer brewers of ST. Louis for the "per-
sonal liberty" of Texans is really touch
ing Gainesville Register.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08


The platform adopted by the anti-Pro-
hibltion convention at Dallas, published
IL full this morning, is clear and explicit.
1t takes the prohibition question out of
the range of mere party politics and
places it upon the broad plane of mans
personal rights to liberty and self-cDn-
troll. The first plank in the platform
states the whole case in nutshell. 1t is as
lfQllows
+ We oppose the prohibition movement be-
cause II is proposition to change our form of
government from free republic of sovereign
and independent citizens to a species of pater
nalism, hateful to our people. 1t will take from
them their most sacred and inalienable rights,
and will add to and sugment the powers of
government, and is therefore undemocratic and
snti-repuDlican.
"Undemocratic and anti-republican."
This can only mean that it must be a
fight of the people and not of parties, eX-
Cept wherein the third party, the Pro
hibitionists, is arrayed against the rest
of the voters Of the state. In selecting
the state executive committee, composed
of two representatives from each of the
thirty-one Senatorial districts, this idea
of nOn-pOlitical was especially empha-
sized-as a Democrat and Republican
were chosen in every instance as the two
to represent the district. The line is now
marked of and the battle will soon begin
the forces of prohibition drawn up on
the one side, and on the other ell those
refusing the terms of the proposed pater-
nRlistic government, and standing on
their indlienable rights, as men to indulge
in peaceful personal liberty Austin
Statesman.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08

Whatever may have been me puClic ex-
pectatiOn with regard to the bearing OF
the anti -Prohibitionists of Texas who as
sembled at Dallas on Wednesday last,
the truth is that in this respect the mem
bers of the convention placed themselves
beyond criticism. The meeting, though
one of the largest ever held in Texas,
was perfectly orderly throughout, the
proceedings being marked by the utmost
Difference to public propriety and parlls-
mentary provisions. The platform is
q clear and lucid document, conservative
in speech, but in no wise compromising
in its statement of the principles upon
which the movement is based. Contrary
to the expectation of some, party lines
were entirely ignored, the limit in this
direction beng reached by the statement
in the platform that prohibition is both
undemocratic and anti-republican. This
action of the convention, COM
mendable under the circumstances,
brings the issue fairly and
squarely before the people, and leaves no
room for complaint from either side. 1t
forces the settlement of the question
purely upon its merits, unsided by politi-
cal circumIocution from any souI,H
Every man is, in other words, permitted
to say by his vote whether or not he be-
lieves in the principle, the policy or the
good of prohibition. The Post is glad 1t
is this way. It will be better by far in
the end for all concerned. Now to your
posts, ye IegiOns.-L Houston Post.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08

The whisky men first thought Texas
Democracy easy game md set their net
only for Democratic birds; but when they
saw that the Democratic birds were not
disposed to walk into their net then they
spread out another wing and baited it
with few prominent colored and white
Republicans. In fact the huntsman at
St. Louis and his agents in Texas want
meat, and they care little whether it
comes from the bones of Democratic or
Republican birds; snd while they were
first disposed to be partial to the Demo
Gratis because they thought they would
be easier caught, and that they could buy
the colored Republicans in covy) they
found their mistake, and now have set
fresh bats to catch any sort of meat that
will De weak enough to walk into their
trap Dallas Herald.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08

The general government under the
general welfare" clause in the eonstitu-
ton las just SIS much right to enact
prohibitory law as any of the states have,
and this is the objective point with the
Prohibltionists, as was shown by their
putting a separate prohibition presidential
ticket In the field. If prohibitory law
be indefensible when it is enacted by Con-
gress, because it vexes the people and in
fringes on The personal liberty of citizens,
it is equallys so when 1t is adopted
by q majority of the voters in a
state. That is the only sensible way
of meeting prohibition. Place opposi-
ton to it strictly upon principle-that it
Furnishes the sober because few indi-
vidusls drink to iutoxication; that sump-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08

and emphasizing the demand by seizin q
anything of value he can find. He says
he intends to reduce the number of de-
linquents to dozen. Some of our col
ored population are especially indignant,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-08

When local prohibition was the issue
almost every prominent leader now in
the anti prohibition camp were shouting
themselves hOarse proclaiming it undem-
ocratic, unconstitutional, sumptuary, de-
structive to personal liberty, and a blight
on revenue and general prosperity.
Since state prohibition has become the
issue, they apply all their stock of cant
phrases to it and swear that local prohi-
.bition is Democratic, constitutional and
and all that is wise add good and lovely
in 3 free country.
Is this sudden change of heart the re
suit of genuine conversion, or it is brazen
hypocrisy? We respectfully refer them
to the following from Governor Coke's
views as expressed in the Galveston
News in September, 1885, in. which he
says:
Prohibition, or local option, cannot be main
tanned in the precinct by any argument which
is not equally potent to MAINTAIN IL In the Coun-
ty and stale.
The argument would seem stronger for the
county, and still stronger for the state, because
of increased numbers and therefore greater
good. If good for the precinct Ii Is better for
the county, and best for the state"
"Old Brains" states the proposition
fairly, and If the sale of Intoxicating
liquors to be used as beverage is detri
mental to any community, it certainly is
to every other community, and the great
est good to the greatest number demands
its prohibition Aurora News.
-
The charge is constantly being pressed
to the front in this prohibition campaign